“Betha Bibi’s head rests on the flattened, soiled pillow in bed; the sheets tangled and twisted around her limbs; her scrawny face disheveled but peaceful.”

“Noor had chosen a pendant as her Amanat for her twelfth birthday. A state-issued disc of brushed steel no bigger than her thumbnail had rested against her sternum for long enough that Hamza waited for a glimpse of the circle of pale skin it concealed.”

“Raja wanted the ghost of his mother to be gone. But the firm which eternalized her had been sued into oblivion, leaving behind thousands of untethered souls stuck in digital limbo, cursed to exist in the cloud forever with zero customer support.”

“In Mumbai, space is a currency more valuable than the rupee, and far harder to hoard. It is a city that demands your physical boundaries as a toll for simply existing within its limits.”

“Brother has me in restraints since yesterday. He claims that the straps are intended to keep me safe, but I refuse to stay stuck for another day.”

“As a new wave of antifeminism sweeps through the region, South Asian filmmakers are turning to folk, gothic, and psychological horror frameworks because they offer a visual and symbolic language that can examine socio-political issues which social realism alone cannot fully articulate.”